Riches in Disguise

Chapter 180

It turned out that Veronica's father was just an official working in Bloomville County Recorder's office. Given how terrified Felicia and Mrs. Cylon were of Veronica and her family, I had assumed he was a powerful figure.

The suited men clearly hadn't expected her to make such a bold claim, only to find out that Malcolm was from such a small department.

They shook their heads. One of them pulled out their phone and made a call.

"Hello, can you connect me to the Bloomville County Recorder's office? Have a guy named Malcolm Brown handle his wife. She's causing trouble in front of me for no reason."

He hung up the phone right after.

Mrs. Brown froze briefly, a trace of fear showing in her eyes, but she quickly glared back defiantly right after. "Don't try to scare me! The fact that you're staying in such a shabby hotel proves you're not anyone important. Don't try to act tough in front of—"

Before she could finish her sentence, her phone rang.

She looked down, her face immediately becoming pale. She trembled as she answered, "Hello, honey? Y-Yes, of course. I wouldn't dare! How could I... Is he really a big shot? Alright. I'll apologize right away."

deflated. Looking up at the men, she no longer had her earlier bravado and seemed as timid as a

very sorry. I didn't

the men coldly replied, "Enough with the talk. Pay your fees and clear the room for us. We're

Pay the fees?

two looked like they had swallowed a bug, their expressions full of

to pay for the meal, let alone 30 thousand dollars for the suites. The three of them whispered to each other for a long time but

as Mrs. Brown turned around, she suddenly spotted Mrs. Cylon, who had

say that you'll call your son-in-law to ask if he can extend our stay? You need to ask him

thousand dollars for a day! Even if we sold our organs, we wouldn't be

brought you here with great effort. You can't be

hearing their remarks. I thought that they were

had been pushing

suddenly. thought of her. They didn't even bother to speak

the men were not to be messed with, she took out

silent mode, I answered her call, promising to help pay the fees and extend their stay. I then called